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SOUVENIRS 

TWENTY-FIFTH 
ANNIVERSARY 
of  CHICAGO 
MEDICAL  CLUB 

MAY     7 ,     1908 


R.    R.   DONNELLEY   &   SONS  CO.    PRINTERS 
CHICAGO 


List  of  Officers 

From  May  2nd,  1883,  to  May  7,  1884 


President 

EDMUND  J.  DOERING,  M.  D. 

First  Vice-President 

HENRY  T.  BYFORD,  M.  D. 

Second  Vice-President 

D.  A.  K.  STEELE,  M.  D. 

Secretary  and  Treasurer 

L  T.  POTTER,  M.  D. 

Executive  Committee 

DRS.  E.  J.  DOERING 
L.  T.  POTTER 


List  of  Officers 

From  May  7th,  1908,  to  May  1,  1909 


President 
FRANK  S.  JOHNSON 

First  Vice-President 
E.  W.  ANDREWS 

Second  Vice-President 

J.  C.  HOAG 

Secretary  and  Treasurer 

R.  W.  BISHOP 


IFE'S  SWEETEST  ASSOCIATIONS 
ARE  OUTSIDE  THE  REALM  OF 
PHYSIOLOGIC  SENSE  ;  ARE  WITH 
THE  GOOD  THINGS  WE  PER- 
CEIVE IN  NATURE  AND  IN  MAN. 
J  q  AS  WE  LEARN  TO  SEE  AND 
TO  LOVE  THE  GLORIES  OF  NATURE,  SO  WE 
LEARN  TO  SEE  AND  TO  LOVE  THOSE 
QUALITIES  IN  MAN  WHICH  MAPJC  THE  GOOD 
WITHIN  — THOSE  QUALITIES  WHICH  CON- 
STITUTE THE  PART  THAT  IS  TO  BE  ETERNAL. 
THE  EXISTENCE  OF  SUCH  QUALITIES  IS  THE 
BASIS  OF  FRIENDSHIP— THE  EXCHANGE  OF 
APPRECIATION,   THE  CEMENT   OF   FRIENDSHIP 


THE  PRESIDENT'S  ADDRESS 


ENTLEMEN  and  fellows  in  heart, 
this  meeting  signals  our  silver  an- 
niversary; with  it   we  round   out 


a  quarter  of  a  Century  of  growing  good  fel- 
lowship—  of  mutual  understanding  and 
helpfulness. 

Of  ourselves,  as  we  know  each  other,  each 
has  his  own  adduction,  his  own  gravitational 
force  that  draws  and  holds  the  others  to  him ; 
each  his  own  light  that  designates  him  from 
the  rest. 

We  were  from  the  first  a  systemic  unit  in 
feeling,  and  in  loyalty  to  each  other  —  a  unit 
of  harmony  in  a  seething,  tumultuous  city — a 
quiet,  unobtrusive  company  that  never  aimed 
at  corporate  influence,  was  indeed  never 
known  as  a  body  (though  parenthetically  it 
may  be  said,  sotto-voce,  that  "the  Twenty- 
second  Street  crowd"  was  at  one  time  held 
responsible  for  a  succession  of  nominations  and 
elections  of  presidents  of  a  prominent  Medical 
Society). 

Each  member  has  his  own  lines  of  force, 
and  we  have  good  reason  to  be  proud  of  the 
useful  activities  of  all. 


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We  have  colle&ively  among  us  many  phases 
of  mind  and  character  that  enhance  the  others, 
and  forms  of  appreciation  and  of  activity  that 
stimulate  the  others.  We  both  knowingly  and 
unconsciously  support  and  encourage  each 
other  —  we  draw  strength  and  inspiration 
from  each  other.  All  the  good  that  each  of 
us  possesses  is  given  freely  to  the  others  — 
reciprocity  of  service  and  good  will. 

The  original  group  that  founded  our  club 
has  been  both  enlarged  and  shorn. 

Time  and  fate  have  taken  three  members 
from  us,  one  by  earthly  circumstance,  our 
light-hearted  brother,  now  a  wanderer,  and 
two,  by  the  relentless  hand  of  Death,  have  been 
carried  beyond  return :  Randolph  of  charming, 
facile  wit  and  elegance  of  manner,  our  match- 
less raconteur,  and  Purdy  of  punctilious  dignity 
— of  technical  precision,  with  a  nice  appre- 
ciation of  engraved  portraiture,  whose  warmth 
of  feeling  was  as  the  pearl,  to  be  sought  in 
the  depths,  and  when  found  prized. 

Fortune  has  kindly  saved  for  us  all  the 
others — and  we  see  with  us  now,  as  they 
pass  by  in  friendly  review,  those  qualities  and 
characteristics  we  have  learned  to  love  and 
admire  in  each. 


IN  one:  We  see  a  broad,  practical,  sturdy  mind, 
keen  insight,  ready  judgment,  the  determined  will 
of  premeditated  success ;  one  whose  abilities  and 
strength  have  been  freely  given  to  the  advancement 
of  his  profession,  and  to  the  purification  and  improve' 
ment  of  his  state;  one  whose  tender  warmth  of 
friendship  has  made  him  dear  to  those  who  know 
him  best. 


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N  another :  Kindness  of  manner,  farsighted  intui- 
tion, the  convincing  persuasiveness  and  pragmatic 
reasonableness  of  the  manager  of  men,  who  aims 
at  results  with  no  thought  of  self. 


AND  again :  We  welcome  a  spirit  of  dominant 
J—\    earnestness,  warmth  of  heart,  fineness  of  feel' 
ing,  acuteness  of  perception,  strength  of  char- 
acter, and  an  enfolding  generosity  that  includes  us  all 
in  its  warm  embrace,  while  he  infuses  us  with  his 
enthusiasm  and  his  gaiety. 


AND  gliding  in  upon  us  like  the  dawn  of  a  June 
day,  we  feel  the  gentle  effulgence  of  quiet  and 
peace  and  culture  —  the  presence  of  a  well 
stored  mind,  and  a  soul  whose  influence  is  for  good ; 
an  example  to  us  all  of  patience  and  serenity,  of 
refinement  and  self-control. 


A  ND  following :    Is  our  lovable,  wholehearted 

J—\    Teuton,  whose   genial  ways,   and    personal 

attractiveness,   and    charm   of  manner,   and 

splendid  mental  gifts  and  acquisitions,  secure  for  him 

our  love  and  respect. 


CLOSE  in  wake  is  a  quiet,  appreciative  soul, 
loving  all  things  delectable;  a  placid,  moral 
force  that  stands  for  the  conservation  of  right, 
and  helps  to  keep  the  balance  of  justice  even. 


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N  turn,  too,  comes  the  spirit  of  optimism  in  our 
cheery  member  of  enviable  manners,  serene, 
appreciative  and  benign,  of  never  failing  good 
humor,  and  good  will  toward  every  man. 


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ND  then  comes  earnestness  and  skill,  learning, 
judgment,  in  one  by  nature  richly  endowed 
with  an  instinctive  gentleness,  with  bubbling 
fun,  and  a  charming  manner. 


IN  another :  We  see  penetration  of  mind  that  lays 
bare  the  confli&ing  things  of  life,  opens  up  to  us 
the  humor  and  the  pathos  of  events,  the  truth 
and  the  shams.  He  has  shown  us  the  workings  of 
his  buoyant  mind,  that  refuses  to  be  burdened  with 
sorrows,  but  turns  light  upon  the  humorous  findings 
in  the  tragedies  of  life.  The  world  smiles  with  him, 
when  with  another  it  would  sigh. 


T  II  7ITH  us,  too,  we  see  comprehensive  mental 
\/  V /  vision,  and  dominant  purpose  nobly  directed, 
guided  by  splendid  judgment,  a  keen  reading 
of  character  and  of  the  signs  of  events,  and  an  over^ 
mastering  sense  of  justice.  His  splendid  qualities, 
coupled  with  an  iron  frame  to  carry  the  burden  of 
all  that  the  mind  devises,  are  freely  given  to  useful 
public  service,  and  suffusing  all,  a  warmth  of  feeling 
and  delicacy  of  sense  that  insures  the  highest  uses 
of  his  gifts. 


WE  rejoice  also  in  another  man  of  action : 
hearty,  wholesome,  virile,  prompt  and  efl> 
cient,  cheery  and  thoughtful  in  turn,  open^ 
minded  and  warno  hearted,  infusing  energy  into  all 
things  and  all  men. 


A  ND  another :    Deep  steeped   in  kindness   and 

Z-\    sweetness,  whose  patience  with  us  all  is  one 

warrant  to  us  of  his  ardent  good  will,  for 

which  our  deep  appreciation  is,  1  fear,  scant  return. 


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ND  still  another:  Dear  to  us  of  old,  one  of 
marked  mental  poise  and  original  mind,  ardent 
in  sport,  an  irresistible  dialectician  - «-  of  amiable 
joviality,  bringing  cheer  wherever  he  comes. 


IN  the  next  we  see  imperturbability,  richness  of 
mind,  ingenuity,  skill  and  a  confidence  born  of 
experience;  sphynx^like  silence,  but  on  occasion 
a  ready,  facile  tongue,  and  a  deep  appreciation  of  all 
things  good  - « a  love  of  the  water  and  the  woods, 
those  solitudes  so  suited  to  his  silent  moods. 


AND  still  we  have  others :  One  of  quiet,  unpre- 
I— \  suming  merit,  an  example  alike  to  the  preten^ 
tious,  and  the  careless,  and  having  withal  the 
charm  of  good  fellowship  and  kindly  feeling,  one 
whose  good  deeds  have  brightened  many  homes, 
but  who  lets  not  his  left  hand  know  what  his  right 
hand  doeth. 


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E  also  see  reticent,  dignified  scholarship, 
literary  charm,  a  wide  mental  horizon, 
unbiased  judgment  of  almost  mathematical 
precision,  affability,  and  grace  of  manner, 
and  cultured  taste. 


A  ND  again:  Roaring  good  humor,  with  fairness 

/— \    and   generosity  as   dominant  traits,  a  broad, 

inductive   mind,  a  tender  sympathy,    and   a 

passionate  love  of  nature,  an  inclusive  fondness  for 

all  good  things,  both  animate  and  inanimate. 


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ND,  too :  We  glory  in  a  strength  and  gentleness 

and  kindly  touch  that  searches  out  the  faults 

the  human  frame.     This   same  strength 


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and  kindness  blossoms  in  our  garden  of  friendship, 
with  charming  grace  that  fascinates  us  all,  and 
warms  our  souls. 


WE  also  have  the  calm,  judicial  type,  severe, 
imposing,  but  behind  whose  austere  front 
glows  a  wholesome  heart,  and  whose 
twinkling  eye  betrays  the  subtle  prank  he  is  ever 
tempted  to  play  upon  mankind  (or  womankind). 


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ND  lastly :  One  who  aims  to  draw  inspiration 
from  all  these  good  examples  before  him, 
and  who  thanks  them  all  in  friendship's  name 
for  their  good  will  and  their  presence  here 
tO'night. 


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